Rocket Espresso Milano - Giotto Cronometro R

Uhh what are you talking about ?!? They have Rocket espresso machines on their website. https://www.costco.ca/.product.4000395939.html?langId=-24&province=ON&COSTID=iosapp_25.10.4&TRACKING=NO&adobe_mc=TS%3D1762905466%7CMCMID%3D78355830091519918686593888575082366648%7CMCORGID%3D97B21CFE5329614E0A490D45@AdobeOrg&sh=true&nf=true

I currently have a Rocket Giotto Evo R and a Eureka Silenzio ( both 7 years old, Rocket repaired once for tripping breaker). What would you replace them with if and when the time comes? Thanks!

I just went from a rancillio to rocket Giotto and love it! I do multiple coffees every day and steam milk once or twice a week. Honestly feel like I could every day with this thing though, I don’t see an issue with the HX

my 25 year old Gaggia Classic set the bar very high, I gave it to my brother when i got my Giotto Rocket(which has been a work horse for the past 17 years) and i find the Gaggia pulled a good a shot as it and the La Spaziale S1 mini vivaldi that also have. The key is a quality grinder and the eureka mignon series cant be beat

I have the Giotto. Steam milk daily and when hosting 8 other guests for parm club. No work flow issues with HX.

I relate to your situation. A lot of "high end" suggestions made in previous posts are for machines id consider "niche" and may make espresso thats 1% better than other machines...but also have specific good/bad aspects. Eg: 1) counter space. (Slayer....wtf) 2) noise and mess (grinder) 3) suitability of a machine to produce walk-up shots (as opposed to being designed to produce out 3000 espressos all day long in a commercial setting) 4) ease of cleaning 5) servicing and parts costs and time/frequency 6) availability of tailored advice from forums (home barista especially) 7) aesthetics and comfort Imo stick with the safe choices....the machines designed for exactly your use case (domestic high end). Im talking about machines like the lelit bianca, ecm synchronika, rocket cronometro, bezerra magica. Internally theyre surprisingly similar (common parts and functions). Go to a store and play with them! One will jump out. And youll love it. And espresso making is awesome and fun and youll drink shitloads of great coffee and be very happy...i guarantee it. Grinders i cant help with (i use a modified mazzer mini-e, which is very good but im sure there are slightly better models available now). Speed of grind, noise and grind retention will be more important to you, long term, than grind consistency). Again the internals (burrs) are often similar withnshared parts used between models/brands.

ECM, La Marzocco, Profitec, Bezzera, Rocket, Faema and basically every E61 group head machine.

Rocket makes some great HX machines.

I’ve had Rocket HX machines for the past 14 years and never had a problem making milk-based drinks or entertaining. I think double boilers are overkill but to each their own. As commented below, a $20 smart plug solves your preheating problems. Who says the water reservoir doesn’t come out? Is that a thing? Mine does. Plumbing in would be preferred but my space isn’t big enough in the kitchen so my machine is off to the side on a coffee cart. Happy coffeeing.

would definitly look into young used machines, so many people get into this hobby and then stop because they think too much work involved. I'd look into a Rocket, ECM, Profitec, lelit etc... Minimum Heat exchanger boiler. (I have a Rocket with HX boiler, make only 4/5 cappucino's a day without any problem) and a decent grinder.

Rocket has finally shipped their fast prosumer models. Have a look. They stuffed a pid-controlled cassette into the brew head. Unless your side hustle is an espresso stand, HX will work.